Donald Trump

Donald Trump, born June 14, 1946, is CEO of the Trump Organization, a real estate developer based in New York City. In addition to a number of skyscrapers bearing his name, Trump's businesses also operate several casinos. His business dealings and wealth helped him reach celebrity status along with a popular realty television program, "The Apprentice." (Photo AP)

Republican presidential candidates dismissed the dominance of Donald Trump in early primary polling, scrambling to position themselves days before their first debate.
While candidates and their teams have spent hours privately strategizing how best to...

Donald Trump, widely believed to the be the wealthiest American ever to run for president, is nowhere among the ranks of the country's most generous citizens, according to an Associated Press review of his financial records and other government...

Is Pete from Chicago serious about suggesting putting media mogul Oprah Winfrey on the $10 bill? Why is everybody so concerned about putting somebody different on our money? Just leave it alone. It's worked forever. It'll be fine. We don't need Oprah...

Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and so many more. What is a conservative girl to do? Donald Trump may be ahead in the polls right now, but Carmen doesn't view him as a serious candidate, just a freakish reality sideshow. The 2016 Republican...

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina brought his Republican presidential campaign to Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood Thursday, where he received accolades for backing a comprehensive immigration reform plan that includes an eventual pathway to...

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When are you people going to fix the potholes in Gary's Glen Park area? Ronier Scott is...

I spent a nice long weekend away from the news, and returned to find people talking about how Donald Trump might really win and how Joe Biden could win after all.
No, they can't. Everything we know about presidential nominations screams that Trump has no...

Once, there was a Mike Huckabee who, as the governor of Arkansas, was pretty darn progressive on education, who expanded Medicaid for children, who raised taxes and was way, way ahead of the curve on criminal justice reform.
This same person, when he ran...

Once, there was a Mike Huckabee who, as the governor of Arkansas, was pretty darn progressive on education, who expanded Medicaid for children, who raised taxes and was way, way ahead of the curve on criminal justice reform.
This same person, when he ran...

The lawyer whose break during a deposition to pump breast milk for her baby led Donald Trump to call her "disgusting" and storm out questioned his ability to serve as U.S. president.
"What kind of a leader of the United States would this...

An attorney for Republican presidential contendeR Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for making the incorrect assertion that "by the very definition, you can't rape your spouse."
In a story published Monday night by The Daily Beast website,...

Republican presidential hopefuls seem to be trying to outdo each other in making bombastic and outrageous statements.
Donald Trump claims John McCain wasn’t really a war hero and Mike Huckabee likens the Iran nuclear treaty to a new Holocaust for Israel....

Donald Trump is running for president as a Republican, and he says that won't change — so long as he's "treated fairly."
If not, the billionaire real-estate mogul and reality TV star could mount a third-party run for the White House. It's a...

President Barack Obama unleashed a blistering and belittling rebuke of Republican White House hopefuls Monday, calling their attack on his landmark nuclear deal with Iran "ridiculous if it weren't so sad."
Standing before television cameras...

I love Donald Trump! Don’t misunderstand, I would never vote for Trump and believe him to be unelectable; however, he has dared to verbalize those issues that concern most conservatives, ones most electable politicians skirt.Serious (read: electable)...

Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus said Monday that he's not worried about Donald Trump eventually running for president as an independent.
"I don't see that happening," Priebus said in a nationally broadcast interview. He added that it...

Hi guys (and gal!),
I thought it was time we chatted.
I've been enormously impressed with the way many of you have attempted to handle Donald Trump, who is proving to be an unnervingly resilient force in this nascent Republican primary.
I imagine you...

Donald Trump, the provocative reality television star who for much of the last month has upended the 2016 Republican primary, is still doing well in polls in a pair of early nominating states despite recent rhetoric that many party leaders have denounced....

Rick Perry is attacking Donald Trump's credibility and branding the billionaire businessman "a cancer on conservatism." Rick Santorum, a conservative stalwart, popped up on a TV program popular with liberals. Lindsey Graham set his cellphone...